Marc Miller's Traveller Character Sheet

Kalida Siena, Marchioness of Nakege

(Melanie Drake)

UPP
Str
Dex
End
Int
Edu
Soc
Base
8
5
8
D
D
D
Current







Weight
Height
Race (Variety)
Birthdate
Apparent Age (Actual Age)
Sex
Current Career
Rank / Title

1.75
human
143-1079
42
F
Gunner
Marchioness of Nakege, Brigadier General (retd)

Homeworld

System
Subsector
Sector
UWP
Jewell
Jewell
Spinward Marches
A777999-C

Starport
Size
Atmos Hydro
Population
Law Level
Tech Level
A
Medium
Standard
Wet
High
High
Avg Stellar

Difficulty Codes

Rating
Dice Code
Rating
Dice Code
Rating
Dice Code
Easy
Auto / 2D
Difficult
4D
Staggering
6D
Average
3D
Formidable
5D
Impossible
7D
Spectacular Failure:
three 6's
Spectacular Success:
Target No. = Skill level + Dice Code

Space and Related Skills

Skill
Lvl
Attr
TN
AT
:
Skill
Lvl
Attr
TN
AT
Computer
3
int
edu
22
22


Gunnery
6
int
31

Electronics
1
dex
edu
8
16


Vaccsuit
1
dex
8

Other Vehicle Skills

Skill
Lvl
Attr
TN
AT
:
Skill
Lvl
Attr
TN
AT
Equestrian

dex
soc
5
13


Ground Craft

dex
edu
5
13

Gravcraft
1
dex
8


Watercraft

dex
end
5
8

Social Skills

Skill
Lvl
Attr
TN
AT
:
Skill
Lvl
Attr
TN
AT
Administration
1
edu
soc
16
16


Gambling
int
soc
13
13

Bribery

int
soc
13
13


Golf 2
dex
soc
11
19

Carousing
4
soc
25 II

Intimidation

str
end
8
8

Diplomacy

soc
13


Streetwise
0
end
int
8
13

Fast Talk
int
edu
13
13







Academic Skills

Skill
Lvl
Attr
TN
AT
:
Skill
Lvl
Attr
TN
AT
Acting

int
soc
13
13


Philosophy

int
edu
13
13

Art

int
soc
13
13


Psychology

int
edu
13
13

Craftsman
(distiller)
2
dex
edu
11
19


Research
0
edu
13

Dance

dex
soc
5
13


Robotics
1
int
edu
13
13

Instruction

int
edu
13
13


Writing

int
edu
13
13

Music

dex
int
5
13







Miscellaneous Skills

Skill
Lvl
Attr
TN
AT
:
Skill
Lvl
Attr
TN
AT
Athletics

str
dex
end
8
5
8


Intrusion

dex
int
5
13

Broker

int
edu
13
13


Investigation

int
13

Disguise

int
13


Navigation

int
edu
13
13

First Aid

int
edu
13
13


Perception

int
edu
13
13

Forgery

dex
int
5
13


Trader
3
int
soc
22
22

Interrogation

end
int
8
13







Jack of Trades

Skill
str
dex
end
int
edu
soc
-






Military Skills

Skill
Lvl
Attr
TN
AT
:
Skill
Lvl
Attr
TN
AT
Camouflage

int
13


Stealth

dex
5

Combat Engineering
1
?
?


Survival

end
8

Leadership
1
end
soc
11
16


Tactics
3
int
edu
22
22

Recon
2
end
int
14
19
I






Weapon and Fighting Skills

Skill
Lvl
Attr
TN
AT
:
Skill
Lvl
Attr
TN
AT
Battle Dress
3
dex
14
I

Melee Combat

str
dex
8
5

Bow Combat

dex
5


Pistol

dex
5

Brawling

str
dex
8
5


Rifle

dex
5

Environment Combat

dex
int
5
13


Short Blade

dex
5

Heavy Weapons

str
dex
8
5


Shotgun

dex
5

Laser Weapons
1
dex
8


SMG

dex
5

Long Blade
1
str
dex
11
8


Throwing

str
dex
8
5







Zack Fighting
0
str
dex
end
8
5
8

Psionics

Psi Strength
Psionics Test
Training
Date
Location
Start
End
Location(s)







Discipline
Lvl
TN
AT
:
Discipline
Lvl
TN
AT









Weapons and Armor

Weapon / Armor
TL
Mass
Range
Shots
Damage
Battledress
15




Possessions

Cash on person
Cash balance
Monthly Upkeep
Monthly Income
TAS member since
10 kCr



1121

no.
Position
Base salary
Skill
Multiplier
adjust
Actual salary
skill
no.
1
Gunner

5
+40%
1


2




1/2


3




1/3


4




1/4


Total:



Other Possessions
Extensive estates on Nakege / Jewell (Spinward Marches 1305; D591314-2)

Career(s)

Career
Branch
Terms
Final Rank or Position
Reason for Leaving
Pension
Discharge Date
Discharge World
Imperial Marines
Infantry
5
Brigadier General
Retired
10,000
001-1121
Rhylanor / Rhylanor

Awards and Decorations
Special Assignments
MCG
MCUF
10 Combat Ribbons
Attache
Command College (2)
Staff College
7 Command Clusters
Purple Heart *




History

Years
Age
Dates
Activity
Notes













































Background Links

The Ducal Household of Adabicci
Local Information on Nakege
Public Nakege system data
How Kalida Arrived at Caloran





MT-Style Career

Common and Background Skills

Common


Background


Academic Record

Education
Where
Admission
Years
Graduate
Skills
College (with OTC)
(rejected by NOTC)

Accept
4 (1097 - 1100)
BS [Major]
EDU+4

Imperial Marines : Term One

Age
Year
Arm, Branch Office
Assign.
Command, Staff, Position
End Rank
Decoration
Skills
Notes
22
1101
Infantry
Initial Training

O1

Laser Weapons,
Gravcraft

23
1102
Training

O2

SOC+1

24
1103
Training



Electronics

25
1104
Police Action


MCUF,
Combat Ribbon
Tactics

Imperial Marines : Term Two

Age
Year
Arm, Branch Office
Assign.
Command, Staff, Position
End Rank
Decoration
Skills
Notes
26
1105
Infantry
Attache

O3

SOC+1

27
1106
Police Action
Command

Combat Ribbon

(2)
28
1107
Garrison




(3)
29
1108
Ship's Troops

O4
Combat Ribbon
Gunnery
(4)

(2) 1106: Police Action on Efate / Regina (TNS 148-1106)

    Supposedly the action on Efate was an Imperial Army operation; at the time no mention was made of Marine involvement.  Kalida knows, however, that the Army was assigned the routine tasks, including peacekeeping, while a limited force of Imperial Marines was dropped in to eliminate specific targets.
    This was Kalida's first drop capsule insertion, from the fast assault ship Kingfisher.  No amount of training can really prepare you for your first orbital drop into combat, but she was outstanding in this role.  Backing up her attache success with a flawless combat operation secured her position as a career Imperial Marine officer.

(3) 1107: Garrison on Adabicci / Lunion

    At this time there was a real threat to areas on the Imperial border; as it happens, a Fifth Frontier War was averted, but had the situation flared up, Adabicci would have been on the front line.  Kalida's assignment a couple of years ago as an attache gave her the qualifications to be stationed where social interaction with prominent civilians was required, while her performance on Efate left no doubt that if Adabicci became a combat zone, she'd rise to the occasion.
    This is where she became friends with Sir Geoffrey of Adabicci, youngest son of the Duke of Adabicci.  Geoff had been in the Imperial Navy, as was the tradition in his family, but retired after receiving the Starburst for Extreme Heroism, the Imperium's highest military honor.  He didn't talk much about the experience -- some mutiny that was hushed up -- but he did have a lot of "sea stories" about his exploits with his friend Marquis Marcus Crestworthy.  "Marquis Marc" had gone into academia after the Navy, and after some graduate work at Plankwell University on Rhylanor, was currently doing research into parapsychology at the University of Mora.

(4) 1108: Ship's Troops on Kingfisher

    After the crisis of 1107 took a surprising turn to peace, Kalida would have been wasted on a shore assignment.  The mission priority became patrol rather than defense, and she was assigned back to Kingfisher, the fast assault ship she'd served on during the Efate operation.
    This time they shipped out from the Spinward Marches to the Imperial border with the Vargr.  Vargr corsairs, ready for the averted Fifth Frontier War, were harrassing shipping and raiding ports and bases.  The Imperial Marines were sent to counter the threat.
    While they practiced orbital drops, they didn't perform any in combat situations.  The conflict was still at the stage of protecting Imperial assets, and they didn't get to see any ground action.  They did, however, see a lot of naval action.  Kingfisher was frequently in the right place at the right time, and space battles with corsair ships were plentiful.  During this time, rather than just waiting around for infantry action, she took the initiative to make sure her men were able to back up the Navy crew in their duties.  She herself passed quals in Gunnery.  When a third of the ship's regular crew were wounded or killed in a particularly violent action in a border system, her marines took up the missing positions, enabling the ship to continue her mission rather than abandon it and retreat.  Her initiative and dedication to duty netted her a promotion.

Imperial Marines : Term Three

Age
Year
Arm, Branch Office
Assign.
Command, Staff, Position
End Rank
Decoration
Skills
Notes
30
1109
Infantry
Ship's Troops


Purple Heart,
Combat Ribbon
Gunnery
(1)
31
1110
Command College



Tactics,
Leader,
Recon
(2)
32
1111
Command College



Tactics,
Recon
33
1112
Training

O5


(1) 1109: Ship's Troops on Kingfisher

    Still on the Vargr border, Kalida remained on the fast assault ship, this time taking the action to the corsair bases.  A sequence of running battles drove deep into corsair territory, and the Marines were called on for no less than seven orbital drops to attack corsair bases.    She still continued as gunner on the ship, showing a natural talent that impressed the regular crew enough to assign her a permanent console during all but drop maneuvers.    The seventh drop, however, went badly.  Intelligence was wrong, and what was supposed to be a drop into the cover of rolling hills overlooking the base turned out to be right in the middle of a troop staging area.  Four Marines never made it to the ground, their capsules blasted on final approach, and the rest took heavy casualties while fighting their way out.  Kalida herself took a round from a rocket grenade in her left thigh, and she was helped out by her troops as they retreated to an emergency retrieval position.

(2) 1110 - 1112: Command College and Training

    While recuperating from her injuries on the Vargr Extents border, Kalida was assigned to Command College.  She spent two years in training for command positions, getting a solid knowledge of Tactics and Recon, and learning the details of command.  After that, another year was spent in hard field exercises, bringing her back up to speed in the physical demands of orbital drops and ground combat.  At the end of this three years, she was again promoted; she would always be in a command position from then until she retired.

Imperial Marines : Term Four

Age
Year
Arm, Branch Office
Assign.
Command, Staff, Position
End Rank
Decoration
Skills
Notes
34
1113
Infantry
Ship's Troops
Command

Combat Ribbon
Gunnery

35
1114
Training

O6

Computer

36
1115
Police Action
Command

Combat Ribbon


37
1116
Ship's Troops
Command

Combat Ribbon
Vaccsuit

Imperial Marines : Term Five

Age
Year
Arm, Branch Office
Assign.
Command, Staff, Position
End Rank
Decoration
Skills
Notes
38
1117
Infantry
Police Action
Command
O7
MCG,
Combat Ribbon


39
1118
Ship's Troops
Command

Purple Heart,
Combat Ribbon
Gunnery

40
1119
Staff College



Admin,
Combat Engineering,
Computer,
Robotics

41
1120
Ship's Troops
Command

Combat Ribbon
Battle Dress
(4)

(4) 1120: The Arden Crisis (TNS 1120)

    Tensions with the Arden Federation suddenly came to a head, and it started to look like war might strike the Spinward Marches again.  Brigadier General Siena was appointed to command of a task force to infiltrate Arden space.  If war broke out, they would have performed disabling strikes against military targets in the federation itself.   As it turns out, the crisis passed.  Kalida's force remained hidden in Arden for another three months, then returned to standby status on Adabicci.
    This was a covert mission, and is still classified -- Kalida cannot in any way discuss what she did in 1120, not even with superior officers or nobles.

Imperial Marines : Mustering Out

Reason for Leaving
Retired
Benefits
INT+6
SOC+6
TAS
Battledress

    After the Arden Crisis, Kalida was able to spend some time (with her task force) on Adabicci, where she again hooked up with her old friend Sir Geoffrey.  On hearing she was going to retire at the end of the year, he gave her some advice and contacts on Rhylanor to help her get a start in civilian life.  In the meantime, she became a necessary invitee to all the best social occasions on Adabicci, hobnobbing with nobility as if born to it.
    Almost as soon as she stepped out of the Marine base on Rhylanor, a civilian after twenty years of the Marines, she was in demand at all the good parties.  Her stories of shipboard and marine life, and her sense of style, quickly lead to a call behind the scenes for a title.
    She was probably the last to know such a title was coming.  Sir Geoffrey had been at work on her behalf for some time.  At a genuine surprise party, she was officially awarded the title of Marchioness of Nakege by the Duke of Adabicci himself, a mere ten days after leaving the service.
    The title unfortunately carried no immediate financial rewards.  Her hectic social life of the past three months had dried up her slim account, and her first year's retirement pay was already spent on the luxuries required for her new social circles.
    Suddenly it was all rather much.  Flaring into the light after twenty years of service life was overwhelming, and she needed a break.  She decided to work her passage somewhere quieter for a while, and perhaps visit Adabicci and thank the Duke and Geoff -- if she could do so without creating a social stir.
    So she signed up on the Lonely Teardrop, a type A2 Far Trader leaving the very next day on a voyage to Querion subsector.  It's in the right general direction for Adabicci, and certainly away from the cramping social engagements on Rhylanor.  It'll be interesting to see how the other half lives for a while...


Background Notes

Kalida has extensive estates on Nakege in the Jewell subsector of the Spinward Marches.  She knows nothing about them, having never been there.  The government of the world is by a company or corporation -- she does not know which one that might be.  The world population of 5000 people all work for the company.  Very little information is available about the world -- while it's in a significant strategic area, like her nearby homeworld of Jewell, it's insignificant otherwise.  It's an Amber Zone, but no reason for that classification is given.

No doubt her military status was a significant factor in being awarded a large interest there -- she could be expected to contribute to its defense in times of war with the Zhodani (which, it must be admitted, looks very unlikely now).  In the current diplomatic situation, she would expect months to years of warning before things deteriorated to requiring her presence.

All she knows is that her estates are very large, covering a significant portion of the planet.  The estates come complete with a mansion and staff -- but it's only been under construction since the beginning of the year.  Still, there is supposed to be *something* there should she decide to visit, even if it's only a collection of quonset huts.

She's the only noble landholder on Nakege; she is Marchioness of Nakege, a hereditary landed title.  Since the world -- other than her estates -- is company owned, and not by a major megacorporation, there is in theory a possibility to purchase enough of the company to own the whole system.



Some thoughts...

Kalida hadn't really thought about what she'd do after retiring. Her orginal "plan" was to relax for a while until she found something that interested her. The entire social whirl, in the absence of any other plans, was fun, but she didn't feel completely comfortable with it all. She has no idea what to do with her estates, and she needed to get away from the hectic lifestyle she accidentally (from her viewpoint) landed in.

So she found herself on Lonely Teardrop, which quickly turned out to be not the right place for her, as discussed elsewhere. She's not a real PITA when it comes to questionable activities, but she has her limits. Her problem with Lonely Teardrop is that she didn't know what they doing. If they were just into innocuous smuggling, it likely wouldn't worry her. She would have left the ship, but not done anything else. But if they were involved in something she'd see as dangerous to the Imperium, she most definitely would have dome something about it as quickly as she could have.  Obviously, there are shades between that she'd judge according to her view of their severity.

Basically, she isn't and never has been a martinet. She's always done what it takes to get her job done. She's definitely a "don't sweat the small stuff" person.

When she met the crew from Nightshade, her initial intentions were to simply work her way elsewhere and see where she'd end up, perhaps hopping ships until she got to Adabicci. But the crew and the ship interest her; they're somewhat out of the ordinary ;^).

And Vonish's mention of Sir Geoffrey and Marquis Marc cemented her wish to get on this ship in particular rather than any convenient ship. (I don't remember if you said she'd met the Marquis before or just knew of him from Geoff -- please remind me.) She now very much wants to know what exactly they are doing, and feels more comfortable that they're at least mostly above-board, or at least not so with good reasons. (Follow that?) She also figures that at some point she'll stand a good chance of running into the Marquis or Sir Geoffrey if she stays with this ship.

She also does not intend to let on that she knows Sir Geoffrey (or the Marquis, if she does), nor that she is noble herself. If she gets into a tight situation where that identity or her connections would make a difference, she'll use them. But not until then. And she'll keep her ears open for further mention of them or anyone else she might know.

Questions:

Since the Arden Crisis is classified, I assume a false account of that time was assigned to everyone involved and entered into the open portions of their career records. What's Kalida's "cover story" for that period?

    (Staff college, as she told the Nightshade's crew)

What does she know about the Marquis?

Also, see questions and comments interspersed below:

> -----Original Message-----
> Kalida has extensive estates on Nakege in the Jewell subsector of the
> Spinward Marches.  She knows nothing about them, having never been
> there.  The government of the world is by a company or corporation --
> she does not know which one that might be.  The world population of 5000
> people all work for the company.

Like the company mining towns in the 1800's? (and perhaps into the early 1900's, I
can't recall)
"...another day older and deeper in debt..."

> Very little information is available
> about the world -- while it's in a significant strategic area, like her
> nearby homeworld of Jewell, it's insignificant otherwise.  It's an Amber
> Zone, but no reason for that classification is given.

What does "Amber Zone" mean?

> No doubt her military status was a significant factor in being awarded a
> large interest there -- she could be expected to contribute to its
> defense in times of war with the Zhodani (which, it must be admitted,
> looks very unlikely now).  In the current diplomatic situation, she
> would expect months to years of warning before things deteriorated to
> requiring her presence.

So she can safely put aside the whole issue until she feels like dealing with it.

> All she knows is that her estates are very large, covering a significant
> portion of the planet.  The estates come complete with a mansion and
> staff -- but it's only been under construction since the beginning of
> the year.  Still, there is supposed to be *something* there should she
> decide to visit, even if it's only a collection of quonset huts.

<giggle> So what kind of staff do you get with quonset huts?

> She's the only noble landholder on Nakege; technically that makes her
> Marchioness of Nakege, a hereditary title.  Since the world -- other
> than her estates -- is company owned, and not by a major
> megacorporation, there is in theory a possibility to purchase enough of
> the company to own the whole system...

Now there's a frightening thought... something she's realized but has no intentions of
following through on. For now, at least. Who knows what she might want to do when she
finally finds out what the arrangements at this place really are...